Sorry for the wait...

Sorry everyone for waiting so incredibly long to write again!! I have been busy, and when I am not busy I just forget... But do not worry I am still alive and having just as much fun as ever!
My second semester started the beginning of February and I love all of my teachers! I am of course taking japanese speaking, then japanese reading/writing, religion in Japan, and Japanese pop media and culture (or something like that). My religion teacher is the same as last semester. She`s cool. My Japanese pop media and culture is an interesting class. It is actually a lot about manga, which I am not a huge fan of (weird considering most people that come to Japan love manga and anime) but none the less the class keeps my attention and the teacher is awesome too.
I have been living in a house with two other people since December 22nd and it works out really well! I love them both, the reason I wanted to live with them, so I am happy! Even though I am not there all the time it is cool two have amazing roommates. Will is from Britain and absolutely hilarious!!! It is always fun when he comes home drunk and jumps on me to wake me up to tell me a story! He is a great guy even if he doesn`t always clean his dishes. Heather is a spunky up-beat girl from hawaii! She always has a fun story to tell and has the same love for coffee that I do! We were so excited when my mom sent us the bag of Starbucks ground coffee!! I am convinced that Japan`s coffee is crap and I hate it! You can only get good coffee at Starbucks and after a while that gets expensive especially since their tall is the same price as America`s grande! So we enjoyed our American coffee that came from Columbia!
My 21st B-day was awesome! I went shopping with Tiki during the day and he bought me coffee and lunch and then made me a steak dinner!!! Around 8 we met up with some of my friends that were still around for winter break at karaoke!!! I refused to do 21 shots but I did get a little drunk and had a hangover for the entire next day! but it was fun and I remember it all and that is what`s important!
Tiki and I have been dating for about 4 and a half months, 5 months on the 25th! For my birthday he had made a necklace for me which he designed himself. I`m not talking about a beaded necklace. He carved the design out of wax and sent off somewhere, where they made a mold of the design and then made it into a silver pendant. It is a music note with wings and a heart in the middle. The funny thing about it is that i watched him make this and had no idea that it was for me! (He did not make the heart until the very end, so I never saw the heart.) For Valentine`s Day (yes, they celebrate it here too!) in Japan, girls give guys chocolate. But there are 2 different kinds of chocolate. If you want to give a guy that is just a friend chocolate then you give him just chocolate that you bought at the store. If you like a guy or have a boyfriend you MAKE them chocolate. That way it has a more special meaning. So, I made him chocolate! It had sprinkles on it and I was very proud of the little chocolate morsels! Girls do not recieve anything on Valentine`s Day! But that is ok because exactly a month later, March 14th, there is White Day! Where the in return of some chocolates the boyfriend gets the girlfriend something more expensive!
My friend Jess was in the area for about 3 months during her break! She is studying in Tokyo right now! She was living at Kae`s but would come over to my place and visit every now and then! Jess is always fun so I never minded when she was around. She left about a week ago to go back to Tokyo and actually started classes on monday, which is crazy late!
This Saturday, two of my best friends from home are coming to visit for spring break and I am SO EXCITED!!! Kacy, Joella, and I have been friends since I was a freshman on my high school swim team. If you are friends with me on facebook you will notice that Joella and I are actually "engaged". I am so excited about being able to show them around! I have some great places to take them to and lots of things to share! I have not seen them since they saw me off at BWI at 6 in the morning!
The only bad thing about Joella and Kacy coming is that midterms are the week right after spring break!!! What the heck!! I am not going to write my speach or study when they are there! that`s stupid! Why would they do that to us! I know a lot of my friends that are going to be out of country too! I know they aren`t going to study! People are stupid and need to realize that we are college students and we do not think about school during spring break because it is infact a break from school!!!
I hope everything is well with everyone! I miss you all and again I am sorry that it took me so long to write again!!! Be safe! Stay healthy!